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Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... green loan was structured in accordance with Green Loan Principles and Social Loan Principles 2021 issued by the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and was certified by DNV GL Business Assurance Ltd. ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... and restore biodiversity but could also support local communities and present a source of financial activity in the Asia Pacific region. The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) has published a study, Nature-Based Investment in the Asia-Pacific Region, which ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability linked loan. Ramsay Health Care has inked the first and largest syndicated SLL by a healthcare provider in Asia Pacific. The $1.5 billion loan facility is the largest syndicated SLL by an Australian corporate (ex. financial institutions). ...

Queensland train project secures $620m green loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... $620 million in certified green financing, structured in line with the Green Loan Principles, 2020 issued by the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and achieved certification under the Climate Bond Initiative under the Low Carbon Transport Criteria. ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... including Australia. The goal of the repots is to provide insights on the latest in corporate governance best practice in Asia Pacific to add value to investors and management as they pursue long-term value creation in their enterprises. In Australia ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... program. Meanwhile, CBRE has hired Sameer Chopra to head its Pacific research team and lead ESG research for the Asia Pacific region. Chopra will join CBRE in July. He is currently head of Australian research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Looking ...

CBRE hires APAC ESG research lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
CBRE has hired Sameer Chopra to head its Pacific research team and lead ESG research for the Asia Pacific region. Chopra will join CBRE in July. He is currently head of Australian research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We continually strive to ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... knowledge of the local market to our Investment Solutions business in the Pacific region," says Jessie Pak, head of Asia Pacific, investment solutions, LSEG and managing director Asia, FTSE Russell. "Bringing an impressive track record for growth, Martin ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional investors in Asia Pacific are more likely than their counterparts in North America to take action on climate change, but investors in Europe are still leading the pack, according to PGIM. PGIM recently surveyed 101 institutional investor ...

Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... include ESG criteria using the R-Factor approach. State Street will also look to develop a similar solution in EMEA and Asia Pacific, including Australia. "We will also launch a registered version of the fund so that US mutual fund clients will be able ...